Hawksmoor confirms plans to open in Edinburgh

Hawksmoor, the Graphite Capital-backed group, has confirmed plans to open a second site outside of London in Edinburgh. The 170-cover restaurant will be located at the former Royal Bank of Scotland building in St. Andrew Square and will open in July 2018.

Will Beckett, co-founder of Hawksmoor, said: “The site in Edinburgh is very stripped back but because it’s listed, lots of the original features are still there and have been nicely maintained. We don’t usually go into grand spaces so it’s really exciting because it’s a new thing for us to design that feels like a Hawksmoor in a space that’s very different from what we normally do.”